Marta Ramilo Abrantes

Marta Ramilo Abrantes Personal Data Address: Av. Conselheiro Barjona de Freitas, 7-1ºA 1500-203 Lisboa Phone: 91 717 1909 e-mail: marta.abrantes@ist.utl.pt Place and Date of Birth: 26/10/76; Lisbon Professional Experience Sept. 2009 - present: Auxiliary Researcher Centro de Química Estrutural (CQE), Inst. Sup. Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal. March 2006 Aug. 2009: Auxiliary Researcher Laboratório de Engenharia de Separação e de Reacção (LSRE), Fac. de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, Portugal. Sept. 2004 - Feb. 2006: Post-doc fellow Technical University of Munich, Germany. Oct. 2000 - July 2004: Ph.D fellow Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (ITQB), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. Education July 2004: April 2000: May 1994: Ph. D in Chemistry Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Thesis: Organomolybdenum(VI) Oxo Catalysts for Sulfoxidation and Olefin Epoxidation. Supervisor: Prof. Carlos Romão. Degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa. Reifeprüfung (High School final exam) German School of Lisbon. Scientific Projects 2007: Coordinator Researcher in Project PTDC/QUI/65247/2006 awarded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (Portuguese Science Foundation) Main Research Area: Chemistry Title: Synthesis of high value epoxides mediated by cyclopentadienyl molybdenum catalysts optimized by parallel synthesis Total funding: 75400 Euros Duration: 3 years Team: Coordinator, Post-doc fellow, and junior research fellow

Scientific Expertise Organic, inorganic and organometallic synthesis; catalysis. Articles in Refereed International Journals 1. Abrantes, M.; Valente, A.; Pillinger, M.; Gonçalves, I. S.; Rocha, J.; Romão, C. C. Organotinoxometalate coordination polymers as catalysts for the epoxidation of olefins J. Catal. 2002, 209, 237-244. 2. Abrantes, M.; Valente, A.; Pillinger, M.; Gonçalves, I. S.; Rocha, J.; Romão, C. C. Epoxidation of olefins catalyzed by molybdenum-siloxane compounds Inorg. Chem. Comm. 2002, 5, 1069-1072. 3. Abrantes, M.; Valente, A.; Pillinger, M.; Gonçalves, I. S.; Rocha, J.; Romão, C. C. Preparation and characterization of organotin-oxomolybdate coordination polymers and their use in sulfoxidation catalysis Chem. Eur. J. 2003, 9, 2685-2695. 4. Abrantes, M; Santos, A. M.; Mink, J.; Kühn, F.E.; Romão, C.C. " A simple entry to (η 5 - C 5R 5)chlorodioxomolybdenum (VI) complexes (R=H, CH 3, CH 2Ph) and their use as olefin epoxidation catalysts Organometallics, 2003, 22, 2112-2118. 5. Abrantes, M.; Gago, S.; Valente, A.; Pillinger, M.; Gonçalves, I. S.; Santos, T.M.; Rocha, J.; Romão, C. C. Incorporation of a (Cyclopentadienyl)molybdenum oxo complex in MCM-41 and its use as a catalyst for olefin epoxidation Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2004, 4914-4920. 6. Valente, A.V.; Seixas, J.D.; Gonçalves, I. S.; Abrantes, M.; Pillinger, M.; Romão, C.C. CpMo(CO) 3Cl as a precatalyst for the epoxidation of olefins Catal. Letters, 2005, 101, 127-130. 7. Kühn, F. E; Zhao, J.; Abrantes, M; Sun, W.; Afonso, C. A. M.; Branco, L. C.; Gonçalves, I. S.; Pillinger, M.; Romão, C. C. Catalytic olefin epoxidation with (cyclopentadienyl) molybdenum complexes in room-temperatute ionic liquids Tetrahedron Lett. 2005, 46, 47-52. 8. Martins, A.M.; Romão, C.C.; Abrantes, M.; Azevedo, M.C.; Cui, J.; Dias, A.R.; Duarte, M.T.; Lemos, M.A.; Lorenço, T; Poli, R. Mononuclear and Binuclear Cyclopentadienyl Oxo Molybdenum and Tungsten Complexes: Synthesis and Applications in Olefin Epoxidation Catalysis Organometallics 2005, 24, 2582-2589. 9. Abrantes, M.; Valente, A.; Gonçalves, I. S.; Pillinger, M.; Romão, C. C. Organotin-oxomolybdate coordination polymers as catalysts for the epoxidation of cyclooctene J. Mol. Cat, A: Chem., 2005, 238, 51-55. 10. Gago, S.; Fernandes, J.A.; Abrantes, M.; Kühn, F.E.; Ribeiro-Claro, P.; Pillinger, M.; Santos, T.M.; Gonçalves, I.S. Immobilisation of methyltrioxorhenium on functionalised MCM-41 Microp. Mesop. Mat., 2006, 89, 284-290. 11. Sakthivel, A.; Abrantes, M.; Chiang, A.S.T.; Kühn, F.E. Grafting of η 5 - Cp(COOMe)MoCl(CO) 3 on the surface of mesoporous MCM-41 and MCM-48 materials J. Organomet. Chem., 2006, 691, 1007-1011. 12. Kühn, F.E.; Santos, A. M.; Abrantes, M. Mononuclear Organomolybdenum(VI) Dioxo Complexes: Synthesis, Reactivity and Catalytic Applications Chem. Rev., 2006, 106, 2455-2475. 2

13. Abrantes, M.; Sakthivel, A.; Kühn, F.E.; Romão, C. C. A Chiral Menthyl Cyclopentadienyl Molybdenum Tricarbonyl Chloro Complex: Synthesis, Heterogenization on MCM-41/MCM-48 and Application in Olefin Epoxidation Catalysis J. Organomet. Chem., 2006, 691, 3137-3145. 14. Freund, C.; Abrantes, M.; Kühn, F.E. Monomeric cyclopentadiene molybdenum oxides and their carbonyl precursors as epoxidation catalysts J. Organomet. Chem., 2006, 691, 3718-3712. 15. Bruno, S.M.; Monteiro, B.; Balula, M.S.; Pedro, F.; Abrantes, M.; Valente, A.; Pillinger, M.; Ribeiro- Claro, P.; Kühn, F.E.; Gonçalves, I.S. "Synthesis and catalytic properties in olefin epoxidation of chiral oxazoline dioxomolybdenum(vi) complexes" J. Mol. Cat, A: Chem., 2006, 260, 11-18. 16. Abrantes, M.; Balula, M.S.; Valente, A.A.; Paz, F.A.A.; Pillinger, M.; Romão, C.C.; Rocha, J.; Gonçalves, I.S. Structural and catalytic studies of a trimethyltin vanadate coordination polymer J. Inorg. Organomet. Polym. Mater., 2007, 17, 215. 17. Abrantes, M.; Valente, A.A.; Pillinger, M.; Romão, C.C.; Gonçalves, I.S. Characterization of a chiral menthyldimethyltin molybdate and its use as an olefin epoxidation catalyst Catal. Letters, 2007, 114, 103-109. 18. Abrantes, M.; Almeida Paz, F.A.; Valente, A.A.; Pereira, C.C.L.; Gago, S.; Rodrigues, A.E.; Klinowski, J.; Pillinger, M.; Gonçalves, I.S. Amino Acid-Functionalized Cyclopentadienyl Molybdenum Tricarbonyl Complex and its Use in Catalytic Olefin Epoxidation J. Organomet. Chem., 2009, 94, 1826-1833. 19. Amarante, T.R.; Almeida Paz, F.A.; Gago, S.; Gonçalves, I.S.; Pillinger, M.; Rodrigues, A.E.; Abrantes, M. Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Oxo(diperoxo)(4,4'-di-tert-butyl-2,2'- bipyridine)-molybdenum(vi) Molecules, 2009, 14, 3610-3620. 20. Abrantes, M.; Neves, P., Antunes, M.M.; Gago, S.; Almeida Paz, F.A.; Rodrigues, A.E.; Pillinger, M.; Gonçalves, I.S.; Silva, C.M.; Valente, A.A. Microwave-Assisted Molybdenum-Catalysed Epoxidation of Olefins, J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem., 2010, 320, 19-26. 21. Abrantes, M.; Amarantes, T.R.; Antunes, M.M.; Gago, S.; Almeida Paz, F.A.; Margiolaki, I.; Rodrigues, A.E.; Pillinger, M.; Valente, A.A.; Gonçalves, I.S. Synthesis, Structure, and Catalytic Performance in Cyclooctene Epoxidation of a Molybdenum Oxide/Bipyridine Hybrid Material: {[MoO 3(bipy)][MoO 3(H 2O)] n Inorg. Chem., 2010, 49, 6865 6873. Books (contribution to encyclopedia keywords) B. Cornils, W.A. Hermann, M. Muhler, C.-H. Wong, in Catalysis from A to Z: A Concise Encyclopedia, Wiley-VCH, 3rd ed., Weinheim, 2007. Oral Presentations in Scientific Meetings 1. Abrantes, M.; Gonçalves, I. S.; Romão, C. C.; Valente, A. (2001). Organometallic oxides of Sn and Mo in Olefin Epoxidation. COST D12-Meeting: Olefins as Feedstocks for Fine Chemicals: Towards Highly Selective Catalytic Olefin Conversions. Estrasburgo. 2. Abrantes, M; Santos, A. M.; Mink, J.; Kühn, F.E.; Romão, C.C. (2003). (η 5 - C 5R 5)Chlorodioxomolybdenum(VI)complexes (R=H,CH 3,CH 2Ph): Synthesis and Use as Olefin Epoxidation Catalysts. VI Encontro de Catálise e Materiais Porosos da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química. Évora. 3

3. Abrantes, M; Santos, A. M.; Mink, J.; Kühn, F.E.; Romão, C.C. (2003). (η 5 - C 5R 5)Chlorodioxomolybdenum(VI)complexes (R=H,CH 3,CH 2Ph): Synthesis and Use as Olefin Epoxidation Catalysts. 7 th FIGIPAS, International Meeting in Inorganic Chemistry. Lisboa. 4. Kühn, F. E; Zhao, J.; Abrantes, M; Sun, W.; Afonso, C. A. M.; Branco, L. C.; Gonçalves, I. S.; Pillinger, M.; Romão, C. C. (2005). Catalytic Olefin Epoxidation with Cyclopentadienyl Molybdenum Complexes in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids. VI Conferência de Química Inorgânica. Funchal. 5. Abrantes, M.; Almeida Paz, F.A.; Valente, A.A.; Pereira, C.C.L.; Gago, S.; Rodrigues, A.E.; Klinowski, J.; Pillinger, M.; Gonçalves, I.S. (2009) Amino Acid-Functionalized CpMo(CO) 3Me Complex and its Use in Catalytic Olefin Epoxidation. 10th FIGIPAS International Meeting in Inorganic Chemistry. Palermo. 6. Abrantes, M.; Amarantes, T.R.; Antunes, M.M.; Gago, S.; Almeida Paz, F.A.; Margiolaki, I.; Rodrigues, A.E.; Pillinger, M.; Valente, A.A.; Gonçalves, I.S. (2010) Synthesis, Structure, and Catalytic Performance in Cyclooctene Epoxidation of a Molybdenum VI Oxide/Bipyridine Hybrid Material. COGICO-9. Florence. Invited lectures 1. Abrantes, M. (2008). New Catalysts for the Synthesis of High Value Added Epoxides. ITQB Alumni Seminars, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica. Oeiras. Posters in Scientific Meetings 1. Abrantes, M.; Gonçalves, I. S.; Romão, C. C.; Valente, A. (2001). Organometallic oxides of Sn and Mo as oxidation catalysts. 3 rd International School of Organometallics. Camerino. 2. Abrantes, M.; Valente, A.; Pillinger, M.; Gonçalves, I. S.; Romão, C. C.(2002). Organotin-Oxometalate Coordination Polymers as Catalysts for the Epoxidation of Olefins. XVIII Encontro Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química. Aveiro. 3. Abrantes, M.; Valente, A.; Pillinger, M.; Gonçalves, I. S.; Romão, C. C.(2002). Organotin-Oxometalate Coordination Polymers as Catalysts for the epoxidation of Olefins. XXXV th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry. Heidelberg. 4. Petrovski, Z.; Abrantes, M.; Gonçalves, I. S.; Royo, B.; Romão, C. C. (2003) Investigation of reactivity of some novel 1,4,7-triazacyclononane and 1,1,1-tris(aminomethyl)ethane complexes in catalysis of alkene epoxidation. 7th FGIPS Meeting in Inorganic Chemistry. Lisboa. 5. Petrovski, Z.; Abrantes, M.; Gonçalves, I. S.; Royo, B.; Romão, C. C. (2003) Investigation of reactivity of some novel 1,4,7-triazacyclononane and 1,1,1-tris(aminomethyl)ethane complexes in catalysis of alkene epoxidation. FECHEM Conference on Organometallic Chemistry. Zurique. 6. Abrantes, M.; Brito Palma, F.M.S.; Pedras, B.; Quintino, D.; Romão, C. C.(2004). Preparação de N- Óxidos por Oxidação Directa de Piridinas. Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química. Coimbra. 7. Lourenço, T.; Abrantes, M.; Romão, C. C. (2005). Organometallic Oxides of Molybdenum as Catalysts for Sulfone Synthesis. VI Conferência de Química Inorgânica. Funchal. 8. Gago, S.; Abrantes, M.; Valente, A.; Pillinger, M.; Rocha, J.; Santos, T.M.; Romão, C. C.; Gonçalves, I. S. (2005). Organometallic Oxides of Molybdenum as Catalysts for Sulfone Synthesis. VI Conferência de Química Inorgânica. Funchal. 4

9. Monteiro, B.; Bruno, S.M.; Pedro, F.; Abrantes, Balula, M.S.; M.; Valente, A.; Pillinger, M.; Ribeiro- Claro, P.; Kühn, F.E.; Gonçalves, I.S. (2006). New chiral oxazoline dioxomolybdenum(vi) complexes: Synthesis and catalytic properties in olefin epoxidation. XXII International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, ICOMC.. Zaragoza. 10. Abrantes, M.; Balula, M.S.; Valente, A.A.; Paz, F.A.A.; Pillinger, M.; Romão, C.C.; Rocha, J.; Gonçalves, I.S. (2006). Oxidation of olefins and alcohols with polymeric organotin vanadate catalysts. XX Encontro Nacional da SPQ, FCT/UNL. Monte da Caparica. 11. Abrantes, M.; Balula, M.S.; Valente, A.A.; Paz, F.A.A.; Pillinger, M.; Romão, C.C.; Rocha, J.; Gonçalves, I.S. (2006). Oxidation of olefins and alcohols with polymeric organotin vanadate catalysts. IVas Jornadas CICECO. Aveiro. 12. Abrantes, M.; Valente, A.A.; Pillinger, M.; Romão, C.C.; Gonçalves, I.S. (2008) Synthesis, characterization and catalytic application of a chiral menthyldimethyltin molybdate. XXI Encontro Nacional da SPQ. Porto. 13. Abrantes, M.; Valente, A.A.; Pillinger, M.; Romão, C.C.; Gonçalves, I.S. (2008) Synthesis, characterization and catalytic application of a chiral menthyldimethyltin molybdate. 20 th International Symposium on Chirality. Geneva. 14. Amarante, T.R..; Abrantes, M.; Paz, F.A.A; Pillinger, M.; Gonçalves, I.S. (2009) Microwave assisted synthesis of one dimensional molybdenum polymeric compounds. VI Jornadas do CICECO. Aveiro. 15. Amarantes, T.R.; Abrantes, M.; Antunes, M.M.; Gago, S.; Pillinger, M.; Valente, A.A.; Gonçalves, I.S. (2010) Synthesis, Structure, and Catalytic Performance in Cyclooctene Epoxidation of a Molybdenum Oxide/Bipyridine Hybrid Material. MOLMAT2010. Montpellier. 16. Abrantes, M.; Neves, P., Antunes, M.M.; Gago, S.; Almeida Paz, F.A.; Rodrigues, A.E.; Pillinger, M.; Gonçalves, I.S.; Silva, C.M.; Valente, A.A. (2010) 3 rd EuCheMS Chemistry Congress. Nurenberg. Peer Review Referee in the following International Journals: Applied Catalysis A: General Chemical Communications Chemical Society Reviews Current Organic Chemistry Dalton Transactions European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry Inorganica Chimica Acta Journal of Organometallic Chemistry Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: General Molecules New Journal of Chemistry Polyhedron Participation in Scientific Networks Since June 2008 Member of the Management Committee of Action COST D40 - Innovative Catalysis: 5

New Processes and Selectivities. Project Evaluater 2009: 2008: Argentina Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (ANPCyT) de Call 2008 PICT-2008-2218 Argentina Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (ANPCyT) de Call 2007 Project PICT-2007-00619 Participation in Thesis Comitees Dez. 2009: Master Thesis, Design de Novos Catalisadores Oxometálicos, Tatiana Ribau Amarante, Departamento de Engenharia Cerâmica e do Vidro, Universidade de Aveiro. Teaching Activities 2005: Inorganic Chemistry (laboratory classes) Technical University of Munich. 2008 (Sept-Dec): Química I (tutorials) Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto. Long term grants 2006: Post-doc grant FCT (Portuguese Science Foundation) 36 months Declined* Jan. Feb. 2006: Post-doc grant Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Stopped after 3 months. * Sept. - Dec. 2005: Post-doc grant Technical University of Munich. Sept. 2004 - Aug. 2005: Post-doc grant Bavarian Science Foundation. Oct 2000 Jul. 2004: PhD grant FCT (Portuguese Science Foundation). April Jul. 2000: School of Pharmacy, University of London practice Grant for extracurricular Socrates/Erasmus Programme. * Due to the acceptance of the position in Universidade do Porto as Auxiliary Researcher. Short Term Grants 2004: Grant to participate in the European Science Open Forum in Stockholm, ESOF 2004 Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. 2003: Grant to participate in the module Industrial Homogeneous Catalysis of the programme Managing Catalytic Technology Liverpool Centre for Materials and Catalysis, Universidade de Liverpool Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. 2001: Grant to participate in 3 rd International School of Organometallics in Camerino Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. 1996: Grant to participate in London International Youth Science Forum Calouste Gulbenkian 6

Foundation. Participation in Short Term Courses Jul 2008: Short Course on Circular Dichroism, Vibrational Circular Dichroism and NMR Spectroscopy for Determining Molecular Stereochemistry and Enantiomeric Purity 20 th April - June 2006: May 2004: Sept. 2003: May 2001: Nov. 2000: Oct. 2000: International Symposium on Chirality Geneva, Switzerland. Clarke, Modet & Cº Basic Course on Intelectual Property and Technology Transfer Porto, Portugal. Course on Homogeneous Catalysis Departamento de Química, Universidade de Coimbra Portugal. Coimbra, Module Industrial Homogeneous Catalysis of the Programme Managing Catalytic Technology Universidade de Liverpool Liverpool, UK. Course on Laboratory Safety Safety Comission of ITQB Oeiras, Portugal. Course on Structure Determination by X-Ray Diffraction Fac. de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Costa da Caparica, Portugal. Simposium on Nuclear Magnetic Ressonance Spectroscopy Sociedade Portuguesa de Química Aveiro, Portugal. Organization of Scientific Events LSRE/LCM Associate Laboratory Seminars: 4 Series (Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Winter 2008, Spring 2008) Membership in Professional Societies Ordem dos Farmacêuticos: Nº L-8740. Professional license nº 11847. Sociedade Portuguesa de Química: Nº 3422. Participation in General Meetings ESOF 2006 European Science Open Forum, Munich (July 2006). ESOF 2004 European Science Open Forum, Stockholm. (August 2004). Language Skills English: German: French: Italian: High speaking, writing and reading skills. Good speaking and reading skills, low writting skills. Good reading skills, low speaking and writting skills. Good speaking and reading skills, low writting skills. Computer Skills Microsoft Office (Word, EndNote, Excel, Power Point). Scientific software: SciFinder, Beilstein, ChemDraw, Win NMR, GC Trace Quest. 7